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Editor,-___ .o......David Lynn Freemen UDITORIAL STAFF News Editor........................Harry Jenkins Assooiate . Editors-Helen . Pride Craig. eel Roberts. Jimmy Brockman. Co-ed Editor..................... Joe Thompson Society Editor................Margaret D. Jones Sports Editor......John Reese, Charlie Sanders Managing Editor....Katherine Armido Jennings What Are We Being Oriented For . . ? ? Orientation students have long accepted the lot of the uncultured neophyte and have pa tiently submitted to the compelled 1 credit metamorphosis. Over the semester the course dishes out enough culture hints on study habits and university history to make pygmalion un changed in comparison. The course, for all its unnecessarv features. has its good points: the various intricacies of campus life are cleared up-some organiza tions are explained; others exposed. It's good and enough! Recent plans of the orientation moguls. how ever, are for an extension of t'- course to a full three credit affair. The intention of the committee is to expand the lectures on the University's history in relation to the state, the insertion of a smattering of finance, a dash of psychology. The composite pot-porrri is intended to make the student permanently aware of his Alma Mater. Two plans have been opened for considera tion: (1) making the course compulsory for the first semester: (:?) making the material into a one credit course compuhl,orv for three semesters. The course in both caases is made coimplmory. The hodge-podge of sciences. economics. and culture is impractical. Tossing a full education into condensed version ends only in a mastery of nothing. Aside from being both uninecessarv and im practical. for the scholast.ic merit.. the first alternative will only add to the already loaded schedule for some students. Engineers. for ex ample, have their first year well planned with no room for an additional mandatory subject. The other alternative is worse: stretching the course over three semesters will muddle chances of getting a normal course into that hour. With the class schedule hours already resem bling matinee showings, an extra monkey wrench tossed in won't make the machine run smoother. As the committee has stated, their purpose is to prepare university graduates to better take their place as citizens of the state. The aim of orientation, on the other hand, has been to equip the freshman for campus life. Thle combination of two courses so widely separated in purpose is not sound for the already mentioned objections. If the committee thinks a course in the uni versity's relation to state history is necessary, would it not be wiser to make it an entirely separate course? it could easily be made a part of thme political science curricula. anid could then be given. nmot dluring the already overcrowded freshman year. but in the junior or senior year. From its purpose we gather it is not essential while we are in college. Both are orientations one for campus life: the other for state. Then let them he given at their separate and applro priate stages. We Support. Emphasis Week We seldom disburse p)raise to any' lavishi ex tent. Some people eveni accuse uts of being stingy. This week, however, we break down our sourly noncommittal front to hand the Chris tian Mission week. Old students-veterans of other emph)lasis week-never hold back in assisting in the plans --for they know what the program can be. To the extremest cynic, the most indifferent, and those who assume the facade of unbelief to all of us there is an urge-a call tn mme Member ocialed Colle6iate Press Distributor of RO GlIebiae Dieest cn,,. Entera __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ . ., 1 force beyond ourselves for an explanation of the ever-important problems of life. Com1 placenen' and home-grown philosophies that might have expanded and matured normally during peacetimes have been exploded in .ad versity. We can learn a great deal from these interpreters. To the Y' and the churches of Columbia goes the credit for securing the speakers of the program. To hardworking "Y" prexies Brooks Marshall and Tom Warren and even harder working R. G. Bell gets credit for the planning of the campus itinerarly of tlie speakers. Credit, for the outcome accrues to the st-udents! Now That We Have Paid Up ... Let Us Save For A Rainy Day Pirpose: to aequaint the freshnian wiith campus affairs ald how his money is spent by the UniCersity. The above sentence is the slightly enigmatic and equivocating preface to an itemized list of the allocations of 46.80 pa id into the student activities fee till at the opening of each se mester. The freshman (the "purpose" is from i tle material taught to orientation cliese=) are tol. without elaboration. that *2. i goes to the at hletic a -sociationl. WIhat the paimphlet didl not bother to explain w'as that the monlev-all of It-was elmpl)loVed in the elimination of a debt iacutrred by the uni versity in the coastruction of the fair grounds stailium and purchase of athletic equipment. When students paid for what was prreslrm. abliY a tickect to a gitlne, they" were actually "ibutyiig a seat." Now the debt has been cleared in part. The stadium is "our:. all our;" and the remainder of the indebtedness has been assumed by the .tatc sinking fund. So we didn't know where the $2.8O was go ing ; buat now that we have unwittingly clearedI the unaiversity's obligation, the need for the uinprI'ioortionate athllet ic fee is over. Next semester thle fee could readily be re No . . .We Are Still Around Any breaks over to levity~ in this week's issue will have to be excused. The staff is hay ing troule getting dlowni to the sordid rotinel of reguilar reporting a fter lie white "yellow sheet." last week. To clear thle anlx iety (in theC ' pat of ourt frieunds andt to d isi luisioni ou r ceem ies. w*e denv lie runiors that flew a bou t aifter the pa per hit the campus. The ent ire Gianceork staff is. accord ing to lhe best one. goinig to b)le expel led from school upon01 thle dciri of the honor council. An othler version has it thatnt we w ill beC summioned separmately~ before the lbonard of publicat ions and( madi(e to accoutt for' ourt actions. One Noli cit ous gos. ip seareintig fo r aiI mor* sel to nmegaphione dashed u p to us on thle camii puls and withI unct ious sympathy quteriedl. "Is it trute that McK issiek has called yon in did lie say the Gamecock wouhin't coiie out any~ more ?" No, the outcome was d isa ppoinutinmgly nild(. One index of the success of a vellow sheet is lie niumbier of threatening notes we receive. We didn't even strike a spark. For this we are indebtedl to thec censors so considerately and obl iginigly furnished by thle uin iversityV. Toour substitute conisciences-whof kept. our miischiievous neck fromn the noose-we are grate ful. the Gamecock Founded Jamuary 30. 1906 Nalo aAd ERT ELLIOTT GONZALES. First Editor c.110. j 410 MADISON weekly by the student body of the University of South CnICAGO BOSTON .eur4rg the college year. 1 a .econd-class matter at the postoffice at Columbia, Inv. 20. 1908. U S C Campus .13y Juiam CA"1not Strnaote t' L. - ' N hobby i * peopLE " P cideva oF f Lue )E , PrEsideit o r KS Posr- ?rt9t4EnT oF Slmlor Cc\tS M eVgrjF of YMCA ExeCul-Va Couht.. L stdehT tacuLTy ,I4Ati0om CorTno1ee S'tdenT -dvosor, Tie t Team , (Lotk "C "CLu * Prss,of // FREE-LANCING By HARRY JENKINS A SAD AND TRAGIC PASTORAL Thev tell the tales in the hills of Italv. and I Awill tell it to yu I a I have heard it. \lanly. m11anv Vea- ago did it happen. (t'lo-e Iu ihe( w armnth of winter fires the ila e )atr'iarebc' held o)f the ine Xlicalble disapplaran'e. LOIng. (d' long ! ago t her lived :1 :.hep)herd, in the hills Who had a sIiall gro 1nl -daughier. The elderly shepherd was take '" and ('01111 hlot go to his flocks. Said hiS lit tle grand-daught 'y ',Fear not. grandfather. for I will watch olr flol' ocks ". So sh'e departed to the mleadows. ('ane evening and no litile g~'rand-daghter brinl'ging the flock in rom the memlows. I(iing 1'ro1 ii, he'd of pain. tlhe oll gracifather went searchiig for his bIehl(ed granrd-chih" I3ut she w tS !!.Ot to be founl. Both lie and lie villagers hllnted high and low, and far and wide for lany and lally a longll and wearv dly. Notr was anllthing ever again heard of her. and her dis ap earance remained the great inistery of, wich mlVriad tales w"ere woven. Until, a happy (ay !. the lmystery was an enigma no longer! Aln A me'ti'"an soldier strolled through thet village, sining.4 Anid lie song lie sang hleld tIle an tswer. The' village pailr iatrch, his beard'( no(w trPailinug on te dutst of thle floor. l istened'( andi listened't withI aistonishmuient. Whlen the solier had1( passed, thet old man re'peated 'Oh, mnarizvdonts antd dozdoats and11 liftte hlmbsidivv.'' And t11heln, lie knewv wvhat laid ha ppened to lifttle Ivy, tile old she'lipherds grandt-dautghlter. D)EATLHI. WIIERE IS TIIY STING ? With, which'h story 1 hope to have banliuishied forever anud forever ameitn thle "Mirzydloats" cremilet ie. If thIiis failIs, s' lpi', I'll feel like' foring at society for fte p)re'servation oif the idliot ic sov ereignity of "Thiree Little Fishes". Pr'obably it'd be' called the S FTPOTISOTLF. Deafth. where is thIy sting?! SO TIhERE! (Catting. a rountd for ii p)oem for this i5Ssue, I nctedl upon0 this chitice hit by good frienid PaulI Wynlhurn. It is r'enlulrkable. It is 'seniationial. lie lhas whiipped a numbeilar of romlantic poem'uis mito a frothI and ra ked t his froml th to' p: I atske'd her' if "lhe'd wedl me. She( s-aiid that shte wouhll not; I iasked hteri if' she'dI kiss mue, SlIe said thait she wouild nlot. I asked he'r if slie loved me, ShIe said slit didn't know She asked if I woul go w'ithi her, But I rep'llie'd, "'II--l no!" DEF"IN ITIONS-A II Y ES! F.gotist: a perlsonl of' low f aste, mor)ie inlterestedi ini huimiel f than 11lahit.: a "lhackle for' the free. Pilosophiy: a route of umany roads leadtinig fromu nowhere t'o ntothinig. P at ience: a minor form, of detsp~ait', dIisgutised( as virItue. SPI~ING! Signs of' spr'ing . . .Archiie Ayet's c'omting ito( a chiemitryv elass fire m'inuittes be fore its conlu siont..I elaises seemtiig 1e'tuires heeoin tg mi ore sop orifie .t . litngeing buird -sotngs... tenniiis cou'ts r'eplete . . . yawmnilg ...'oltumns hiarder' to write -~ - vwning . . - 'nwnhi .. naning . Busiraess Manager... .....................iy Murray " News Staff Lib Evans, Irving Rion, Virginia Raysor, Vi. NATIONAL. ADVIRTISINI eY tor Barrett, Bobby Williams, Eleanor McCall, " Jackie Batson, Jeune Good, Jodie Marshall. ,rtisingService,ic. June Deaumer, Julia Bull, Ernest Davis, Zelda bhlIsars Repraatre Berlin, John Jennings, Ethel Lasor, Hamilton AVt. NEw YoRK. N. Y. Simpson, Rita Steinhardt, Lee Lorick, Anne LOS ANenss . SAN IaANCrece Searson, Church Volght, Harrison Perry. Business Staff-Ed Teague, Meta Boykin, D. D. Salley ill, Jane Nicholson, Bill Hutchinson. Circulation Monager..................George Delay Upon My Word By LEE LORIOK EASTER TIRADE 4 The question of the week was why did Monday have to come ? around ? Snoozes were frequent iii morning classes and som itimbillism was a c(nunton ilu mdv. The Easter bunny landed a punch but it's nice to have holidays anyway. COLORFUL TALK? 'Fhere is at theorv among some that each college camnlpuls tends to develop its own brand of chatter. At. this time it is not our intention to delve into this matter, but it would le interesting to know the etomology of the expression "The girl in the green socks is the cutest". It seems to occur only when a column of \-5s meet two or more girls. As the V-5's march hv this re mark is heard. Flattered each girl glances (own at her feet and it is discovered that no one has on green socks! MIND OVER MATTER Perhaps a supreme example of the combating of distraction was depicted here in a psychology class recently. In the base ment of the building there was a great. deal of hammering tak ing place. As metal struck metal, the blows resounded rhythmi cally with Vu'leanian violence. The assembled students thought that they were surely due for a cut. Instead the profe!sor, con pletely unperurhed. camlle as near as pos:ilble. pitched his voice below the rinlgin ig l(ws. ad it lelire.(d iia lecti'e'. HIGH AND MIGHTY Coming outt of the library the other day. we were startled to see two figures moving around the rim of the Maxey Monument in the center of campus. As we approacied., we saw two boys -Io w't li .thter- t )w1,n OIl the ground and sleeves rolled up S1( id in the sinligi sir'veviig the verdant greenness of the grass and splotche. of flowers from their lofty Ierch. This ex raherance. that we all feel on the firrst, spring (lays but so seldom exlrless ill siituh at mtanner, wa m nanifested by occasional out thrusts of arms, deep breaths of the fragrant breeze, and extra long whistles of delight as each pretty co-ed drew near. FOR PUBLICATION There was a young Ensign's wife who said, 4 One morning as lhe got out of bed, "Oh dear' will youi gamblle on some eggs I scr'ambled ?" "F'or my hait when a capltainl," lie said, THE-JOKE-OF-THE-WEEK Mother': "W'hat ? A twentyv-page letter from that soldier friend of yourls at ('ampll. What did he say ' Daughter: "lIe says lie loves mie." CAN YOU REMEMBER Away back whlen: A sailor on the U. S. C. campus was a. novelty?i Maixey anld Preston were ntot called ships?~ Wa r was tailked a bout only ini hiistory classes? G irls wor'e ny'lons even to school ? A CHEER FOR THE NAVY A sima bu at inlspirling show of thle st renigthI of the U. S. Navy is exhiited every~ Satuirdiiy at 1I:00 p. im. (Two bells to you, nmie) when fte comtplete V-I unit, mnarchies out to the main ('ampu)Is andit stanmds row aft er row at attention for the reading of alnniouncemeints etc. It is ani a rrest ing sight this p)iedl scene of navy blue atgaiinst green- -one that in our1 opintion wouild make excelIlnt pic'tures anld shoul be photographed, preferably in color1. THANK YOU, WE'RE FEELING BETTER DEPT. The first tday we sat ini our Shiakespea re ('lass which holds f'orth in thie b)aselmnt of Ma xcy we thioughit that we wercte surely ne(arI the piniik e'lephan lt st age of halhiitinIaitions. We wer't.'lt seeing elephiants thlouigh, builtfigiires of' Su per'ima i a pair of shpel legs wi'th no11 body, ai dI'eanpit ated hleaid whose taee w'ore ani imp) islh smile, all patintetd in link painit, whicb seemed to float sup fr'om thle dlepthIs of' thle Ilight green wa'llIs. Much to our relief, we ftound out later' that several year's back this patt of thle Stu dent Unitn Buiiling lul been uisedl as a1 club-r'oom. Mu'rals w'ere s trtedl b y somte eniteri'j ing ar t students, but later' had1 to be abawuilonied whlen the exigenc'ies of w~ ari causetd thle club-rooms to b)e usedt ais letcturet-rloomis. HIoweve'r, trly ats they mnight, painters coilId niot tol it eraI'te lie outIlit's of thle miiiscrean t murals and they remain to-dlay as star'tling phanIlttomhs of unconsumnmated art. C